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Teigen – who is of Thai and Norwegian descent – then went on to share her controversial views on cultural appropriation.

“I personally am not offended by cultural appropriation of any sort because I feel like it does pay homage,” she said, “but at the same time there are a lot of beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, Asian women that could do the same thing.”

Cultural appropriation has always been a touchy subject, but the timing of Teigen’s comments make her views far more controversial.

Just last week, white model Karlie Kloss participated in a photo shoot wearing yellowface for Vogue’s diversity issue. In response, many criticized the model and the magazine for being racist and for contributing to the media’s whitewashing problem.

“I think it’s really important to start embracing people,” she said. “Seeing them in roles that are not necessarily ‘That Asian Girl’ or ‘That Asian Boy'... in movies you’re like ‘Oh, this Asian girl is dating this white guy’ — I want that to be normal.”